Eric Hudson's Reviews > Abraham Lincoln Deals With Foreign Affairs: A Diplomat in Carpet Slippers

While Lincoln struggled with incompetent general after incompetent general, he had to mediate and put out one diplomatic fire after another while establishing both a foreign policy that supported the war effort and an effective diplomatic team. The union cause could have been doomed numerous times had Lincoln not handled, France, Britain, Spain and Mexico with deft hands and a good sense of humor. This book, that I purchased at Dauphine Street Books in New Orleans, was an enlightening and well written read.